Biography
An in-demand presence on American and international stages, Scott Scully joined the roster of the Metropolitan Opera in the 2009-2010, making his house debut as the young prisoner in The House of the Dead, followed by Remendado in Carmen, Pong in Turandot, also made his debut with the BBC Orchestra in London, where he reprised the role of Louis in Angels in America.
In the 2010-11 Season at the Metropolitan Opera, Mr. Scully was seen in Carmen, the new production of La traviata and Capriccio. He also covers the role of Tybalt in Roméo et Juliette, the Simpleton in Boris Godunov, Tchekalinsky in Pique Dame and Brighella in Ariadne auf Naxos. In the 11-12 season, he will sing Squeak in Billy Budd at the Metropolitan Opera; also will return to Edmonton Opera as Nanki-Poo in The Mikado and to Fort Worth Opera as Nico in Mark Adamo’s Lysistrata.
Recently Mr. Scully made his Spoleto USA debut in Philemon & Baucis, performed Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly with Bar Harbor Music Festival, the Steuermann in the Der Fliegende Holländer with Edmonton Opera, Chevalier de la Force in The Dialogues of the Carmelites with Austin Lyric Opera, Nanki-poo in The Mikado with Opera New Jersey Mozart’s Coronation Mass with the Eugene Symphony, and Carmina Burana with the Greensboro Symphony.
Mr. Scully sang the role of Louis in Angels in America and the Ballad Singer in Of Mice and Men, both for Fort Worth Opera during the 2007-2008 season, during which he also joined the Dallas Opera for The Merry Widow and appeared with Opera Pacific in performances of Die Zauberflöte. In addition to Nemorino, he sang Nadir in Les Pêcheurs de Perles with Arizona Opera, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni with Opera Ontario, Pedrillo in Die Entführung aus dem Serail with Opera Colorado, and Ferrando, Rodolfo, and Alfredo for the Bar Harbor Music Festival in productions of Così fan tutte, La bohème and La traviata, respectively. Mr. Scully made his San Francisco Opera debut as Squeak in Billy Budd after which he joined Pittsburgh Opera for subsequent performances of the role. He has twice portrayed the Chevalier in Dialogues des Carmélites in performances led by James Conlon and Christopher Larkin, and has participated in Falstaff , Der Rosenkavalier and Handel’s Messiah with the Cleveland Orchestra, under the baton of Franz Welser-Möst. He has previously performed Beppe in I Pagliacci with Opera Pacific, Cassio in Otello with Palm Beach Opera, and the Tenor in Weill in Weimar 1929 with Edmonton Opera.
An alumnus of the acclaimed Houston Grand Opera Studio, Mr. Scully made his company debut as the Messenger in Aida, and was the original interpreter of the Lamplighter, Drunkard, Hunter, and Baobab in the world premiere of Rachel Portman’s The Little Prince. Other performances on the Houston Grand Opera stage include Martin in The Tender Land, Pedrillo in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, the Shepherd in Tristan und Isolde, Beppe in I Pagliacci, Yeroshka in Prince Igor, Borsa in Rigoletto, and Ballad Singer in Carlisle Floyd’s Of Mice and Men. Also a former member of the Wolf Trap Opera Company and the San Francisco Opera Center, Mr. Scully sang Rodolfo in La bohème for the Merola Opera Program and was immediately re-engaged to repeat the role on the Western Opera Theatre tour.






